Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Engraving on Paper, Uncolored
Physical Description
Uncolored engraving of Jacob Deghen's (or Degan) unsuccessful flight in Paris on October 5, 1812. Deghen used an ornithpter dangling beneath a balloon to change his altitude. When he failed to fly on this occasion, the crowd overwhelmed him and destroyed his apparatus and balloon. Deghen is shown on the ground with men around him holding onto his ornithopter as the balloon is pulling him away. A crowd is gathered around and a flock of birds is overhead. Description under the scene in French.
Dimensions
Mat: 24.8 × 30.5cm (9 3/4 in. × 12 in.)
Unmatted: 20 × 25.7cm (7 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140544000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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